Matching Pairs Producers Consumers and DecomposersOnline version assignment by Benjamin D Morgan 1 Phytoplankton 2 amount of rotten meat 3 Decomposers 4 Herbivores (primary consumers) 5 number of flies 6 Oxygen 7 photosynthesis 8 Omnivores 9 Carnivore 10 Required for photosynthesis 11 Glucose 12 Producers (autotrophs) 13 Consumer (heterotrophs) 14 Zooplankton Tiny photosynthetic organisms usually found in large bodies of water and are the most common producers in these waters A sugar produced during photosynthesis by producers A waste product produced by plants during photosynthesis Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat to get energy Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes AND make nutrients in the soil. Organisms that get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis Carbon Dioxide, water, and sunlight Organisms that only consume producers. A process used by plants to acquire their own energy. How are the number of flies effected by the amount of meat that is rotten in a garbage? Identify the independent variable. Organisms that eat both plants and animals Tiny organisms usually found in large bodies of water that consume other small organisms. How are the number of flies effected by the amount of meat that is rotten in a garbage? Identify the dependent variable. Organisms that eat only consumers.
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